Success Story: Intelligent and Connected Systems Expert Earns EB-1A Approval Without Request For Evidence (RFE)
Client’s Testimonial:
"Thank you very much for all your help and hard work throughout my EB1A petition. I truly appreciate your professionalism and support, and I am delighted that my I-140 petition has been approved.”
On June 25th, 2026, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval for an Associate Professor in the Field of Intelligent and Connected Systems (Approval Notice).
General Field: Intelligent and Connected Systems
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Associate Professor
Country of Origin: China
Country of Residence at the Time of Filing: Canada
Approval Notice Date: June 25th, 2026
Processing Time: 17 months, 4 days (Premium Processing Upgrade Requested)
Case Summary:
We are pleased to share that we received an I-140 EB-1A approval for a client in the field of intelligent and connected systems. With a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering, the client has built a strong research career focused on reinforcement learning, the integration of networking, caching, and computing, and network security.
At the time of filing, the client intended to continue work as an assistant professor of computer science, advancing research on intelligent and connected systems, including smarter resource allocation, secure networks, and connected autonomous technologies. In preparing the petition, we emphasized that this work had practical value beyond academic publication because it supports more efficient smart city systems, stronger network security, and improved autonomous vehicle performance.
The client had authored 39 peer-reviewed journal articles, including 15 first-authored papers, 32 peer-reviewed conference articles, including 7 first-authored papers, 1 first-authored book chapter, and 1 book. Her research had also been cited 3,902 times. Rather than presenting these numbers alone, we explained how an adjudicator could view the citations as evidence that researchers in the field had repeatedly relied on the client’s methods and findings to advance their own work. We also highlighted the client’s more than 40 peer-review activities. This helped show that journals and conferences trusted the client’s expertise to evaluate the work of other researchers, which supported her recognition as an authority in the field.
The petition was further supported by 4 recommendation letters from experts in the field. These letters helped explain the importance of the client’s contributions and confirmed that her research had influenced work in reinforcement learning, edge computing, network security, and connected systems.
By organizing the evidence around the EB-1A criteria and final merits determination, we demonstrated that the client had risen to the top of her field and had sustained national or international acclaim. USCIS approved the I-140 EB-1A petition in over 17 months without any RFE.